Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Top Five Tuesdays (T5T) Name Drops

There have been some great characters in movie history. And some even better names. So this Tuesday, give me your top 5 movie character names. And make 'em good.

Here are mine.

1. Snake Plissken - Kurt Russell from Escape From New York

2. Keyser Soze - ??? from The Usual Suspects

3. Vince Vega - John Travolta from Pulp Fiction

4. A tie between The Humongous - Kjell Nilsson from The Road Warrior and Master Blaster - Angelo Rossitto and Paul Larsson from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

5. Sickboy - Jonny Lee Miller from Trainspotting
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2007 at 5:49:00 AM PST

    Dinosaur Bob played by Jeffrey Comb (jeffreycombs.com) in Love and a .45.

    Not the best movie but I think the character was purty cool. Plus J. Combs is always wonderfully creepy.

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  2. BurbankedJanuary 30, 2007 at 6:48:00 AM PST

    1. The Sundance Kid
    2. Neo
    3. Marty McFly
    4. Lloyd Dobler
    5. Count Dooku

    Oh, wait a minute - that last one is the most idiotic character name. Sorry about that.

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  3. PIPERJanuary 30, 2007 at 9:13:00 AM PST

    How about Lane Meyer from Better Off Dead?

    Lane Meyer a study of complete Mopishness.

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  4. UrbanGrooveJanuary 30, 2007 at 11:04:00 AM PST

    OK - so I know this is obvious. I feel, though, to omit this subcategory would be a mistake... wait for it...

    FAVORITE JAMES BOND VILLIAN MOVIE NAMES

    1. Doctor No
    2. Jaws
    3. Tee Hee
    4. Hai Fat
    5. Oddjob

    immediately followed by

    FAVORITE BOND GIRL MOVIE NAMES

    1. Pussy Galore/Octopussy (I felt these two should split the top billing)
    2. Xenia Onatopp
    3. Honey Ryder
    4. Holly Goodhead
    5. Plenty O'Toole

    Justine

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  5. PIPERJanuary 30, 2007 at 11:27:00 AM PST

    Justine,

    It had to be done. Glad you did it.

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  6. garrettJanuary 30, 2007 at 11:35:00 AM PST

    These arent the best names but are names that for one reson or another have always stuck out to me.

    1.Chest Rockwell (Boogie Nights)
    2.Bernie Lomax (Weekend at Bernies)
    3.Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn (Major League)
    4.Robert Paulson (Fight Club0
    5.Chet (Bill Paxton - Weird Science)

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2007 at 2:47:00 PM PST

    Let's not forget Dr. Hfuhruhurr from The Man With Two Brains. "It's spelled just the way it sounds!"

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  8. Adam RossFebruary 1, 2007 at 2:20:00 PM PST

    I went to college with a Plissken, once I smartly asked if he ever went by the name "Snake" and he told me that actually his father was the inspiration for that character name -- he went to college with Carpenter and earned the nickname "Snake" after crawling through a window trying to elude authorities.

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  9. PIPERFebruary 1, 2007 at 7:34:00 PM PST

    Adam, that's a kick-ass story.

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2007 at 12:02:00 PM PST

    I've always been partial to Lloyd Dobler, Spicoli, Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga (Big Man on Campus) and Dudley 'Booger' Dawson. Ah, the 80's, where awesome movie names were truly born.

    - The Jay
    www.TheJay.com

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